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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1944

Page

3

Alt e Mae Rogers Hosts West Main Church Group

Miss Alta Mae Rogers of Prospect street welcomed the friendship class of West Main Street Methodist Church to her home last evening. Class president Miss Mary Louise Haskins led the business session before social hour while the hostess and her mother Mrs Victor Rogers served refreshments to Norma Lee Fauley Avanelle Denton Vonda Bodyard Mary Louise Haskins Dorthey Cross Sylvia Mason class teacher and Gladys McKee and Mrs Cross.

Alta Mae Rogers Prospect Street West Main Street Mary Louise Haskins Victor Rogers Norma Lee Fauley Avanelle Denton Vonda Bdyard Mary Louise Haskins Dorthey Cross Sylvia Mason Gladys McKee Mrs. Cross

Philadelphia Graduate Joins Homeopathic Hospital Staff

Miss Betty Fisher daughter of Mrs Gayreha Fisher 408 Maple avenue was graduated as a medical laboratory technician at Franklin School of Science and Arts Philadelphia Pa on Thursday at 2 pm She will start at Homeopathic Hospital West Chester Pa on July 3 and visit relatives before leaving En route she plans to see her sister Alfreda in Washington DC A Grafton senior high school graduate class of 1943 Fisher is active in the younger social circle.

Betty Fisher Gayreha Fisher Maple Avenue Franklin Schoo of Science and Arts Philadelphia Miss Fisher Homeopathic Hospital West Chester Alfreda Washington, D. C Grafton Senior High School

Youth group returns from Camp Cesear near Webster Springs

The Rev. Lois Luzader and fifteen youths of the United Brethren church returned today from Camp Cesear near Webster Springs where they had spent the past week. Attending were Myrtle Anvil Constance Mc Prouty Marjorie Biffle Robert Hoffman David Woodford Richard Ward Helen Virginia Redinger Barbara Relinger Anna Jane Boylen Mary Losh Mary Louise Morgan Betty Cole LaDonna

Lois Luzader United Brethren Church Cesear Webster Springs Myrtle — Anvil Constance McProuty Marjorie Biffle Robert Hoffman David Woodford Richard Ward Helen Virginia Redinger Barbara Relinger Anna Jane Boylen Mary Losh Mary Louise Morgan Betty Cole LaDonna

Bright sundress jacket and skirt pattern 9246 details

The 1944 Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book offers Pattern 9246 for a bright sundress jacket and separate skirt in sizes 12 through 44. Size 16 sundress requires 2.348 yards of 35 inch fabric and jacket 112 yards. mail sixteens cents plus name address style number to Grafton Series Pattern Dept New York for the pattern.

Grafton West New York N. Y Marian Martin Grafton Bentinel Pattern Department

Pride o the Nedle Crochet Pattern Page

A fragmented ad notes a transfer pattern of peacock motifs for crocheting in pineapple stitch. Instructions promise gratification and list materials and stitches. Readers are asked to send sixteen cents, provide size name and address, and note a new fall or winter pattern with apron appliqué options.

Community club and church notices from Blueville area

Several June gatherings are slated around West Main street and nearby roads. The Red Wing club meets at Mrs. Ruby Carroll’s home on West Main. date moved. Phelenthea class at First Baptist hosts a 6:30 p.m. picnic dinner at Mrs. Lillie Thomas’s home. Elk’s club initiations with Jimmy Morgan orchestra at the club haus on West Main, 21 and over only. WBCS of Blueville Methodist meets at Mrs. Charles L. Rogers’s home with co-hostess Mrs. Ray N. Newcome. time changed. Haymond Community club assembles at Mrs. John A. Luzadder’s on Grafton-Morgantown road in the afternoon. Eastern Star Past Matrons and Past Patrons dinner at Cafeteria Court at 6:30 p.m.. date changed.

Red Wing Club Ruby Carroll West Main Street First Baptist Church Lillie Thomas The Elk’s Club Jimmy Morgan Club Haus Blueville Eastern Star

Wedding Guests and Local Movements Notice

Mrs Luzader taught Bible class at camp. Mr and Mrs G H Kirk moved from 318 Walnut to Alliance Ohio. Mrs Kirk is a nurse at City Hospital. Miss Gladys McKee of Ohio visits Miss Dorothy Cross on West Main. Mrs Oliver Pebler and James Matheny of Wheeling and Mrs Wolfe of Camp Barkley Texas attend the wedding of Miss Betty Hall and Cpl James V Rinker yesterday. Mrs Richard McDade of Maple Avenue leaves tonight for Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention. she will visit Mrs Carl Harroder in North Chicago and stop in Toledo on return.

G.H. Kirk Walnut Street Alliance, Ohio Gladys McKee Ohio Dorothy Cross West Main Street Oliver Pebler James Matheny Wheeling Mrs. Wolfe Camp Barkley Texas Betty Hall Cpl James V. Rinker Richard McDade Maple Avenue Chicago Carl Harroder Buckinham Place Toledo

Legislation Expands Veteran Benefits in England Vote

Top heavy votes enacted measures to expedite absentee voting for service members and provide mustering out pay easing transition from discharge. Broad approval also backs veterans job preference, government loans, unemployment compensation, hospitalization, and government financed education.

Fifth Army advances near Castiglione d Oreta region

French colonials push north of the village of Castiglione d Oreta about 17 miles west of Chiusi while Allied forces drive toward Camerino and Macerata between Perugia and the Adriatic. Mediterranean air force notes weather hampered missions though 1,500 sorties yielded 31 enemy planes downed. Allied fighter bombers targeted roads rails and bridges in northwestern Italy and the Adriatic coast. Heavy bombers hit Ploesti oil targets in Romania Giurgiu oil stores and Nis rail center in Yugoslavia.

Castiglione D'Oreta Chiusi Perugia Adriatic Eighth Army Camerino Macer Mediterranean Army Air Force Italy Ploesti Romania Giurgiu Nis Yugoslavia

Congress Passes Revenue Bill Rebuffing President Veto

Congress approved a 7.3 billion dollar revenue measure despite the president's veto, signaling a strain with Democratic Senate Leader Barkley. A one year extension of wartime price and rent controls followed as the subsidy dispute was set aside. Bills on service, veterans, and taxation moved forward.

White House Senate

Cherbourg Is Doomed as Allied Drive Breaks German Line

Allied advances in Normandy push into Cherbourg area as Montgomery’s corps attack Caen perimeters. British forces destroy 20 Nazi tanks and seize Ste. Honorine La Chardonnerette while Germans retreat to Cuyerville. American troops breach positions near Mont Du Roc and Octeville with fortifications at Tourlaville under pressure. Weather supports bombardment and air support speeds supplies to the beachhead.

Cherbourg Normandy Sir Bernard L. Montgomery Caen Ste. Honorine la Chardonnerette Cuyerville Montgomery France Germany Omar N. Bradley Mont du Roc Octe“ville Novainville Octeville Mousinville Tourlaville Cherpourg Supreme Command Berlin

Rinker Hall Tie In West Boyd Street Wedding

Miss Betty Hall and Cpl. James V. Rinker wed yesterday at St. Matthias Episcopal church on West Mair Street in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a pencil tafetta gown with veil, and was attended by Grace Marie Bartlett. Sgt. Wolfe served as best man. The couple planned a brief honeymoon before Mr. and Mrs. Rinker proceed to duty at Camp Barkley Texas.

St. Matthias Episcopal Church Mair Street Weir W. C. Hall Blueville James V. Rinker Ua8 Army Lulu Rinker West Boyd Street George E. Manson Mildred Hefner Grace Marie Bartlett Sgt. Wolfe Camp’ Berkley Texas

American assault advances under heavy fire

The narrative describes soldiers pushing forward amid the elements and intense enemy opposition as they moved from pill box to pill box, facing four Nazi divisions. Progress remained slow with no let-up in the American attack.

The Lady and the Monster at Opera House

The Republic presents The Lady and the Monster opening Sunday at the Opera House. Erich von Stroheim stars as Dr Meuller in a chilling tale set in a castle like Southwest mansion where a corpse brain is kept alive and used in a fiendish plan after a crash death.

Eric von Stroheim Richard Arlen Republic Opera House Erich von Stroheim von Stroheim Dr. Meuller

Uninvited Ghosts Haunt Paramount Dixie With Milland Hussey

A Dixie theatre showing of The Uninvited stars Ray Milland Ruth Hussey and Donald Crisp with Gail Russell. The melodrama blends eerie happenings with romance as Milland and Hussey play siblings and Crisp appears as the grandfather amid twists that test the cast’s sanity in a tense haunting tale.

Paramount Dixie Theatre Alan Napier Ray Milland Gail Russell Ruth Hussey Donald Srisp Ray Milland Donald Crisp

Meet M Oakie and Philliber On Screen in It Happened Tomorrow

Star Jack Oakie and actor John Philliber meet on the set of Rene Clair's It Happened Tomorrow opening today at the Strand Theatre under United Artists. Oakie recalls eating dog food with an old friend Lew Offield in New York while Philliber confirms the memory.

Jack Oakie Dick Powell Linda Darnell Rene Clair Arnold Pressburger Strand Theatre United Artists Jack Oukie John Philliber Chareacter Quikie John Philly Oakie Holly New York Philliber Lew Offield Lewis Delaney Offield

Classified rates and terms for Sentinel insertions

Classified notice outlines two and a half cents per word for the first and one and one half cents per word for additional words. Minimum charge is 55 cents. Each word and figure counted. ads restricted to proper class. Errors should be reported promptly. Sentinel not responsible for multiple insertions.

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